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I. What happened?
A.Seattle plans to close its libraries for a week during the summer and lay off 30 city workers
B. Because of a midyear budget shortfall of 13 million dollars
C. Announced  by Mayor Greg Nickels on Friday.

II. Why did it happen?/Context of the event
A. Worst economic crisis in Seattle
B. responsbible for 29.5 million shortfall.

III. How are people responding?
A.Most city departments will take between a 1 and 3 percent cut.
B.He will close the Atlantic Street Nursery, which provides plants for parks, and cut some parks maintenance.

IIII. Whats  next?
A. A group of city employees is planning an "informational picket" outside City Hall on Monday morning from 7 to 8:30 a.m. to protest the mayor's cuts.
B.Nickels will brief the City Council on Monday about the cuts, and some members of his staff will attend a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. Nickels will make his final cuts by May 1.